slatternliness
- a word derived from slattern.
- a word derived from slatternly.
Example Sentences
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The slightest approach to slatternliness in costume, when all should be exquisitely trim from chevelure to chaussure, would be an abomination, and assuredly beget a most unpleasant impression on the susceptible feelings of the husband.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George
It was opened by a young person with her hair dressed in the prevailing fashion, and an air of some gentility, which clashed a little with a certain slatternliness that pervaded her attire.
From Fenton's Quest by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
The room in fact was as depressing from its slatternliness as from its atmosphere of erudition.
From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel
If the truth is to be owned, Miss Stanbury gave the poor young woman no credit for her new simplicity, but put down the deficiency to the charge of domestic slatternliness.
From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony
They maintained that it resembled the fat servant-girl with a long neck, who a short time ago had been dismissed on account of her slatternliness, and they called it, after her, "Black Susy."
From Dame Care by Overbeck, Bertha
